According to Littlefield and Parins, The Little Chief served as the mission’s promotional paper. It was “devoted to the interests of the Christian work now being done among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in general and to the Congregational Mission in particular.” The paper contained appeals to donors outside the mission community and reported the “progress” of the Indians toward Christianity. The paper also published tribal statistics, church news, inspirational statements and other news of activities related to the mission community.